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Don't worry, it's made by Microsoft, so it will suck.

by JennyKim 14y ago

flyt 14y ago
Xbox is a good product.
- grecy 14y ago
  If you ignore the RROD
  - freehunter 14y ago
    In which the return was handled pretty well. It was a fairly painless procedure when I turned mine in, call them up, spend 5 minutes on the phone, they send you a box with free shipping and another one is dispatched to you as soon as they receive the one you sent. They then redesigned it to prevent the issue happening again.
- rb2k_ 14y ago
  The Xbox 360 was one of the worst user interfaces I've used in a long time. They forced me to register an account and enter information in about 20 text fields using my xbox controller before I could do anything with the device. After being pissed at that, it started spinning up its fans and sounded like a small airport. That was the point when I first thought about returning it to the store (which I later did). I know that it has been a while since they released it, but the missing attention to detail was always one of Microsofts biggest Problems. They usually seemed to strive for "good enough" rather then perfection. I really hope they are able to change that with their new line of products.
yottabyte47 14y ago
Windows Phone 7 isn't bad.
dm8 14y ago
Haven't you tried XBox, Kinect, Office, Visual Studio?
- prezjordan 14y ago
  A lot of people praise VS - I just don't see it. It's so bloated, so slow, and so ugly. It takes 60 seconds to open on my high quality workstation and it crashes if you click the mouse when you're not supposed to. Not my cup of tea.
  - steverb 14y ago
    If that is actually true, then you do not have a high quality workstation.
    - prezjordan 14y ago
      See, I always get this response, but no one has yet to prove to me that VS can open and be ready to use in less than a minute. I'd like to see video, until then I'll keep believing VS users are incapable of keeping time.
      - steverb 14y ago
        Actually, I was responding to the bit about it crashing when you move the mouse wrong. Complaining about how long VS takes to start up is about as useful as complaining about how long it takes the computer to boot. Neither are part of my daily work flow. I don't shutdown the computer, and I don't generally close VS 2010. Anyway, I was curious and I timed it. I clocked about 12 seconds to completely start VS2010 on a computer with a spinning disk. And just for you, I made a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNOmA2OozQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNOmA2OozQ
        prezjordan 14y ago
        A+ for following through, thank you. I wish my experience weren't so sour.

Don't worry, it's made by Microsoft, so it will suck.

flyt 14y ago

Xbox is a good product.

grecy 14y ago
If you ignore the RROD
- freehunter 14y ago
  In which the return was handled pretty well. It was a fairly painless procedure when I turned mine in, call them up, spend 5 minutes on the phone, they send you a box with free shipping and another one is dispatched to you as soon as they receive the one you sent. They then redesigned it to prevent the issue happening again.
rb2k_ 14y ago
The Xbox 360 was one of the worst user interfaces I've used in a long time. They forced me to register an account and enter information in about 20 text fields using my xbox controller before I could do anything with the device. After being pissed at that, it started spinning up its fans and sounded like a small airport. That was the point when I first thought about returning it to the store (which I later did). I know that it has been a while since they released it, but the missing attention to detail was always one of Microsofts biggest Problems. They usually seemed to strive for "good enough" rather then perfection. I really hope they are able to change that with their new line of products.

yottabyte47 14y ago

Windows Phone 7 isn't bad.

dm8 14y ago

Haven't you tried XBox, Kinect, Office, Visual Studio?

prezjordan 14y ago
A lot of people praise VS - I just don't see it. It's so bloated, so slow, and so ugly. It takes 60 seconds to open on my high quality workstation and it crashes if you click the mouse when you're not supposed to. Not my cup of tea.
- steverb 14y ago
  If that is actually true, then you do not have a high quality workstation.
  - prezjordan 14y ago
    See, I always get this response, but no one has yet to prove to me that VS can open and be ready to use in less than a minute. I'd like to see video, until then I'll keep believing VS users are incapable of keeping time.
    - steverb 14y ago
      Actually, I was responding to the bit about it crashing when you move the mouse wrong. Complaining about how long VS takes to start up is about as useful as complaining about how long it takes the computer to boot. Neither are part of my daily work flow. I don't shutdown the computer, and I don't generally close VS 2010. Anyway, I was curious and I timed it. I clocked about 12 seconds to completely start VS2010 on a computer with a spinning disk. And just for you, I made a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNOmA2OozQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNOmA2OozQ
      - prezjordan 14y ago
        A+ for following through, thank you. I wish my experience weren't so sour.